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3:45 AM ET, May 19, 2014

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Susan Snyder / Philly.com:
Haverford College commencement speaker lambastes students  —  In a surprising move, a commencement speaker at Haverford College on Sunday used the celebratory occasion to deliver a sharp rebuke to students who had mounted a campaign against another speaker who had been scheduled to appear but withdrew amid the controversy.
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Associated Press:
Graduation speaker blasts students  —  HAVERFORD, Pa. — A commencement speaker on Sunday blasted Pennsylvania college students as “immature” and “arrogant” for protesting another speaker who then decided to withdraw.  —  William Bowen, former president of Princeton University …
Discussion: Progressives Today
Susan Edelman / New York Post:
The 9/11 museum's absurd gift shop  —  The museum at Ground Zero tells the dark story of the 9/11 terror attacks with spectacular artifacts and exhibits.  It pays heart-wrenching tribute to the innocents and heroes killed that day.  —  It also has a gift shop.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Mediaite and Liberaland
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube to Acquire Videogame-Streaming Service Twitch for $1 Billion: Sources  —  Deal would be biggest ever for YouTube  —  Google's YouTube has reached a deal to buy Twitch, a popular videogame-streaming company, for more than $1 billion, according to sources familiar with the pact.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders has questions about Clinton  —  As Hillary Rodham Clinton moves steadily toward what Democrats now see as an inevitable campaign for president in 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is readying a dissent from the left.  —  Sanders has been traveling the country to explore …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Liberaland
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Science Standards Divide a State Built on Coal and Oil  —  CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Sitting in the headquarters of the Wyoming Liberty Group, Susan Gore, founder of the conservative think tank, said new national science standards for schools were a form of “coercion,” adding, “I don't think government …
Becky Pallack / Arizona Daily Star:
AZ congressional candidate says mass shooters are Democrats (with audio)  —  FLORENCE — Congressional District 1 candidate Gary Kiehne made extreme comments about gun rights at a Republican primary debate Saturday.  —  Asked how he would protect gun rights, Kiehne said he owns more guns …
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Paige Lavender / Associated Press:
Arizona GOP Candidate Says Democrats Are Behind Most Mass Shootings
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Christie calls for more aggressive foreign policy  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Courting powerful Jewish donors for the second time in two months, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called Sunday for a more aggressive foreign policy that defends American values abroad — even in “in some very messy, difficult places.”
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
CNN:
Political Chatter: Hillary Clinton is talk of the town  —  Hillary Clinton was the subject that consumed the political talk shows, as questions continued to be raised about Karl Rove's comments regarding her health.  —  While Republicans attacked the noncandidate, Democrats defended …
Discussion: Politico and Pat Dollard
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
As Hillary White House run looms, questions linger about Bill
Discussion: Politico and Booman Tribune
Jethro Mullen / CNN:
China evacuates thousands of citizens from Vietnam after deadly attacks  —  Hong Kong (CNN) — China has evacuated more than 3,000 of its citizens from Vietnam and is sending ships to retrieve more of them after deadly anti-Chinese violence erupted last week over a territorial dispute between the two countries.
Discussion: NPR
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm  —  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Should students about to read “The Great Gatsby” be forewarned about “a variety of scenes that reference gory, abusive and misogynistic violence,” as one Rutgers student proposed?
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Grading Obama's Foreign Policy  —  SECOND terms are often a time when presidents, balked by domestic opposition, turn to the world stage to secure their legacy — opening doors to China, closing out the Cold War, chasing Middle Eastern peace.  —  But the global stage hasn't been a second-term refuge …
Discussion: The Dish
Thomas Frank / Salon:
Congratulations, class of 2014: You're totally screwed  —  Only people worse off than indebted grads: adjuncts  —  Welcome to the wide world, Class of 2014.  You have by now noticed the tremendous consignment of debt that the authorities at your college have spent the last four years loading on your shoulders.
 
 
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Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller:
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
How Harry Reid Carpet-Bombed the South
Jon Meacham / TIME:
Brown v. Board of Education: Few Revolutions Are Ever Truly Complete
Discussion: Hot Air
Chad Stanton / Washington Monthly:
Self Destruction, We're Headed For Self Destruction
New York Times:
The House Ducks on Defense
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Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
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